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I won't be calling Turkey Türkiye anymore than I would call China Zhōngguó. They don't have any authority to manage other people's languages. The lack of capi
by inglor_cz 5mo ago
I won't be calling Turkey Türkiye anymore than I would call China Zhōngguó.
They don't have any authority to manage other people's languages.
The lack of capitalization is an obvious error, though. Before clicking, I wondered if some accidental discovery in turkeys (as birds) resulted in better human hair growth.
- triceratops 5mo ago> I won't be calling Turkey Türkiye anymore than I would call China Zhōngguó. And that's fine. I mentioned Türkiye because at least one smart-ass would correct me otherwise. But "turkey" is a bird. For it to be a country it's at least gotta be "Turkey".
- inglor_cz 5mo agoFully agree.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5mo ago> I won't be calling Turkey Türkiye anymore than I would call China Zhōngguó. Whyever not? It's their stated preference. And it's hardly the same kind of change as "China" vs. "Zhōngguó" or "Germany" vs. "Deutschland". It's just a slightly different spelling and pronunciation of the same word. You can change your ways.